so, work's been ok. studying's been ok. was just back from a major shopping trip which left me super drained. nonetheless, it was fun :)
haven't been blogging for a while and it's usually when i'm feeling down in the dumps when i start to blog and type randomly.
i made a lot of new friends recently. most are nice and of course, some isn't. but most importantly, i'm really glad i'm closer friends with my old friends. it's almost like a renewal of old friendship which are now stronger. whenever i feel crappy, i take comfort in my family, my job and my awesome friends. i mean seriously, what could get worse than losing those 3. i don't ask for everything to be perfect but when i counted my blessings, those 3 always makes me more settled :)
i've got more responsibilities, more pressure from work and more journals to read. i've made weird friends and even my sister agrees she's got weird friends.
still! i'm totally addicted to this song. the lyrics are meaningful although not much relevant to me but i'm a sucker for Sara Bareilies. she's so cool. so, here's one of her new songs, which is totally on my repeat track by far.
so! i haven't been updating at all! let's just say there are two reasons why so. firstly, i've been horribly busy. my everyday is spent to its fullest. there hasn't been a chance i could sit down and watch tv peacefully for more than 15mins. i hope all this madness ends when the kids are done with their exams. secondly, i'm terrified of the net at the moment. my girls are ultra resourceful and they can find almost anything and everything on the net. one day they told me, " Ms hou! go and google your own name and you know what we'll find!!!!"
sheesh!
nonetheless, there's nothing bad to talk about for now. my job's keeping me sane (strangely), my girls are great, there's still tons of marking and paper setting to do. compiling everyone's questions and formatting it and aligning it is a such a bitch. but still, i'm not exactly whining (:
it's the hols! my well deserved break! one week of no waking up early but work work work. thank god for the no-school- work. i have so much things on backlog and at least i get to wake up own time own target. hehe. i can't wait to go to town and walk around the new shops! it's so ironic innit? i'm working in town and go there everyday, but yet, i don't get the liberty to shop around. sigh
and many people to meet this hols! i NEEDDDD to get back to my life! life isn't all about work so i'm gonna have hot dates with all those i've missed dearly!
ok! time to get back to my markings. will be updating as and when i can! (:
it's been more than two weeks i last blogged. for some strange reason, it doesn't feel like it's been two weeks.
i had a great time out with jeanne this evening. i feel so comfortable with her by bitching and whining and gossiping and catching up. it felt...normal! and i feel alive! it's like, finally there's someone who knows you and you can just laugh and roll your eyes at and there's so much stuff to talk about. it's such a long time i last felt that. most of the time, i feel like i'm being watched and whatever i say, i have to process and think through before shooting my mouth. it's so bloody tiring. but today i felt so at ease. so yay for that! i must say that this has got to be one of the best weekends i have had in a while especially when i'm done with my lesson observations since school started.
on the other hand, i'm beginning to find the drag of waiting. i don't really know how to express it but i can sense all that misery and anguish when the same pattern of reactions hit me. it's making me more tired than upset. yes. there are times when i will hide in one corner or in the bathroom and cry over it. but if i have tried all that i can, i guess it really IS time to give up. and the question now is, when is it that i let go. i just hope i have the courage and hopefully, it will be soon enough.
sorry for the lack of updates. have been busy with stuff lately and didn't have the luxury of time to sit down and type out something at my own leisure.
nothing much has really happened. work has been fantastic so far. i enjoy being around with my crazy colleagues and my totally cute and insane girls, i feel so cheered up when i step into class and a whole bunch of joy springs out at me. Teaching blocks become more enjoyable and my other paper work seems to be going on fine. somehow, it assures me that i'm more settled with my job and i'm rather satisfied with the current state of things.
well anyway, i've taken ill. and hence i'm home typing this. my temperature has been rising consistently and i decided against going to work lest i infect other people. Strange thing is, i feel perfectly fine though my temperature is at 38.0 degrees. slept the day away and the doctor has issued me a 3 day medical leave...so basically i don't have to go back to work for the rest of the week. i know i should rejoice and bask in this short hiatus from work. but i don't seem quite relaxed that i have work to clear and my classes to teach.
on another note, i bumped into angela who was going to work when i was done with work yesterday evening. sigh. i made a trip down to the jurong lib and visit the little corner i used to mug my ass off from 10am to 5pm, when i'll go home and watch ellen. i miss my uni friends and studying. i'd give anything to do those things all over again.
today, i saw my friend's back view. i observed her for what, seemed the longest time i've stared at a person. Even from the back, she seemed so strong and sturdy. despite all that she has gone through, i have never once seen or heard her cry. even i wouldn't be able to take such a major blow.
life's fragile. but she has showed me how one can still remain positive in times of tenacity.
can you believe? i've survived TEN WEEKS of INSANE life! i feel like a kid who has just finished exams and feel that liberation air blowing into my face. i'm SO gonna enjoy the 4 weeks of heaven before i'm dragged back to hell after that. Funny thing is, none of the teachers showed that exhilaration when with the girls. In the staffroom, everyone seemed to look happier, talk cheerfully and did a countdown when the last bell rang. haha. And i even managed to go out for a decent lunch with christie and gang to wheelock's cedele for proper edible food. shiok!
LIFE IS GOOD FROM NOW TILL 29th JUNE. muahaha. except that i still have to do bloody badminton duties.
damn.
ok i have to refrain from typing in capital letters but yeah. i'm sure you can sense the joy from the other side of the screen.
so anyway, managed to get some life while i was busy over the last month. first up, it was steamboat with the nus people. i haven't seen half of them since we all graduated so it was very nice to see most of them a couple of weeks back. with it, we also celebrated por and wensi's birthday.
And craig being craig, just had to be funny everytime we meet.
Also, a few number of purchases.
Firstly, two new pairs of glasses so that i see even more clearly. and hopefully, most importantly, see who's been throwing arrows behind my back if any. haha
Then, my nike shoes.
This one has a slight tinge of purple which looks a little more special and different from the originally white one.
So along with it, i felt compelled to buy the Nike plus sensor.
and it tracks your run beautifully.
And then, my phone was also showing signs of retiring, so i decided to get the ruby red Nokie E63 which doesn't fall short of E71. I still take some time getting used to the qwerty keypad though i must say, the old keypad works better for me.
and what's life without movies?
Didn't quite enjoy startrek. It only comfort was that it was watched after a shit day of work and it was one way to destress. M also met a few of my colleagues cause all of us decided to watch Star trek together at Great world. except that i was sitting away from them. -grinz-
Wolverine was good! Hugh Jackman is seriously the sexiest man alive...he's hawwwt!
Angels and Demons was fantastic! it's so much way way way better than Da Vinci Code. watched this at Illuma, the new shopping mall at bugis. it was freeezzzzinnnggg. i had to spend the next one hour thawing outside.
Young Victoria was alright. didn't quite like it though emily blunt IS awesome.
And last night, at vivo, we watched Love it! it's surprisingly good and kept me at the edge of the seat the whole show. must watch!
do you believe in a women's intuition?
M has a bad habit of not buckling up his belt when driving. sometimes, just like him, i don't buckle up in his car. I usually don't nag at him to buckle up though we both know the consequences if we ever have a random date with the traffic police. And last night, after Terminator, i decided to put on the seat belt because... i just had the feeling we'd hit a road block. So i told M to buckle up blah blah blah...of which he obediently did so. It was a smooth ride and suddenly, just as we were about 500m away from home...guess who appeared? A traffic police! and he stopped us to check if we had our belts on!
can you believe it? even M was surprised at the accuracy of my 6th sense.
goodness me. my blog seems nearly dead at the last post. anyhow, i'm back (:
As craig puts it, i had my first virgin clubbing experience on Friday night. I was really looking forward to meeting jeanne craig and jeremy on friday the entire week. after finishing off the last meeting of the week at 5.30pm, i had to rush home to return the car before meeting jeanne and craig at vivo's modesto's for dinner.
we had such a good time catching up. craig's like the entertainer of the night and making us laugh like crazy. i really miss school life with these bunch of people. looking back, school wasn't really school at all. i'm really so glad i met friends like them (:
anyway, we had the Formagi pizza- 4 different types of cheese which craig was raving mad about. After which, we headed down to clarke quay to meet jeremy at Forbidden City. Along the way, we bumped into Tze hwee who was having her time in central during this exam period. haha
Much thanks to jeremy, we managed to get ourselves into the VIP area. we hung around the area, shouting into one another's ears and did lots of people watching. All in all, it was really fun. And not to mention, lots of cam whoring.
Unfortunately, i had to work the next day so i had to leave much earlier before the party even begins. took a cab back home which was hell expensive. went home, collapsed on bed and woke up the next morning to see all my girls. sigh.
Work's still busy. currently coming up with 2 new major projects which hopefully, will take the school by storm and then my hard work will all pay off. it's sucking my energy and blood at the moment and having the management and my bosses all coming down hard on me. and of course, i hope this will add on to my performance bonus, if any at all. And then there's another school event to attend tomorrow evening at the esplanade. it's tiring but i sometimes i take comfort in the business of work. but i hate it that i still have to work on weekends, even at home. i really envy people who can leave work at office and once they're out of their working place, it's really all behind them. sigh.
my expenses have also went up. every month i'm buying a big ticket item. Last year december: My macbook January: MORE clothes and shoes (not that big ticket but still...) Feb: Nintendo Wii March: ipod touch. 500Gb hard disk April: more gadgets for the ipodtouch, macbook. Made 2 pairs of new glasses Coming may: my new handphone since this one is dying on me Coming june: Germany/ europe...which will probably cost me 2 months of my pay. booooo
shit. i think if i want to buy a car, i really ought to stop spending that way. if i can't earn more, i can only spend less.
Finally, a weekend to myself. to myself meaning: no need to go back to office or to even think about work.
ok, i still had to reply one email from work. and well...another week plan for lessons next week.
but hey hey hey! it's so much better than the past few weekends. but then again, i had a great time last weekend catching up with boons, carol, mark and jeanne! i'm really glad certain issues and misunderstandings have been cleared up and i feel so much happier after meeting up with jeanne. all's good! and it's such a great feeling to have to rebuild that relationship all over again. I lost some earlier this month but now i've rebuild old ones. i'm really thankful (:
this week was just as insane. time flew by which is a good thing. On thursday, the few of us decided to stay back to play badminton and go to the gym. And then i practically spent the rest of the week nursing major muscle aches. and of course, dealing with some difficult people in school. the thing is, the difficult people aren't the kids. but well...just some people.. the other people. you get what i mean.
So my weekend was spent spacing out. i didn't do much at all. i started watching all my movie trailers and playing with my ipod touch. and well ok... basically mourned over the fact that i have to be down at bloody tampines on monday for nationals. !@#@#$#$%#$%$!@
nonetheless, next week's exciting programs awaits me! besides tomorrow (at ulu tampines), tuesday's another 4hr course after school (which means i'll end work at 6.30pm), wednesday there's 2 meetings and then there's rock climbing! how cool is that! i haven't done that since sec sch days..and now i'm reliving the memories back at the same place i first did it. So far, thursday's free (fingers crossed) and friday i'm meeting the usual suspects for dinner! i honestly can't wait for that! i need to see all these people desperately and catch up. and of course, i'm sure craig will entertain us with his usual antics. hehe
nonetheless, on friday after work at 7.30pm, m came to pick me up and we went to watch another bimbo chic flick.
yessss! my favorite book of all times! when i first read the novel 5 years back, i thought they should come up with a film. and 5 years later, it's produced! Jeanne even asked me if i was gonna catch the film. haha. and thank goodness m's the kinda sort who doesn't mind watching dumb shows with me.
Shopaholic was hilarious! if you're in for a good laugh, some silly moves and very into fashion, you ought to catch this show. certain things she does kinda reminds me of myself..and i can sooo totally relate to that. hehe
ok! i'm off to enjoy the rest of my weekend or what's left of it.
